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KEY MESSAGES

Issued at 105 PM CDT Sat Aug 8 2026

- Hot and dry conditions continue for the next several days in the combined Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles.

- Elevated fire weather conditions are forecast for this weekend due to hot, windy, and dry conditions across much of the area.

- We are watching a potential pattern change late next week that could increase rain chances and lead to more seasonal temperatures.

SHORT TERM

(This evening through Sunday night) Issued at 105 PM CDT Sat Aug 8 2026

Temperatures are coming in warmer today than previously forecast, especially across the eastern combined Panhandles. New short term model data and 850 mb temperatures support a more wide spread area of 105 degree heat. Therefore, the Heat Advisory was expanded across our eastern zones to account for these changes. Breezy winds, mostly across our northwest zones today, will continue to promote elevated fire weather conditions. Tonight, the low level jet will strengthen over the area, and windy conditions should linger over the CWA through the overnight period. Though 850 mb winds should degrade tomorrow afternoon, the surface pressure gradient will remain tight over the region and windy conditions will carry on through the rest of the short term period. Tomorrow's highs across the combined Panhandle should be comparable to what they'll be today. These hot and dry conditions, alongside strong surface winds, will allow elevated fire weather conditions to exist across the entire CWA Sunday afternoon. Meanwhile, 12Z guidance suggest PoPs will remain very low (<10%) through the entire short term period. This is due to persistent dry air aloft and high CIN across much of the area. A stray shower cannot be completely ruled out in Dallam or Cimarron county this weekend, but the convection should already be on the down trend even before it arrives.

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LONG TERM

(Monday through next Friday) Issued at 105 PM CDT Sat Aug 8 2026

High pressure continues through much of the extended period. Long range models seem persistent in showing an eventual displacement and weakening of the upper ridge that could lead to height falls and overall temperature relief. However, these changes are still several days out, so models will need more temporal consistency before confidence increases regarding a pattern shift. In the meantime, hot temperatures prevail over the entire CWA through much of the new week. 100's will continue areawide with some models suggesting temperatures can meet or exceed 105 degrees in the eastern half of our CWA. PoPs also stay low through the first half of the new week, but if high pressure does elongate and shift east of the High Plains, favorable southerly steering flow will advect moisture into the area and increase PoPs across the entire region by the end of the week.

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AVIATION

(00Z TAFS) Issued at 614 PM CDT Sat Aug 8 2026

VFR conditions are expected throughout the 00Z TAF period at all TAF sites. Could see VCTS within the first few hours at KGUY, but confidence not high enough to include in TAF at this time, and will AMD if conditions change. Overall wind swill be out of the south and southwest at 10-20 kts, with gusts up to 25-30 kts at times, especially towards the end of the TAF period.

AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

TX...Heat Advisory until 9 PM CDT this evening for TXZ003>005-008>010- 014-015-020-317.

OK...Heat Advisory until 9 PM CDT this evening for OKZ002-003.